Asus Z87-A

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-A (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '19 at 17:07
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	77%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 244 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 469 63% 472 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$383 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2081) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 162 Parallax 159 134% 162 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 142 Splatting 105 114% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 256GB 4,588 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 265 287 165 174 148 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 246 Mixed 268 SusWrite 199 67% 304 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 48.8 156% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 194 158% 230 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 109%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 32GB free Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 133 143 108 90 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 484 Write 441 Mixed 389 SusWrite 115 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 23.2 123% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 14.7 73% 162 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 86%
WD WD2000JS-00MHB0 200GB 2,544 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 113GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 51 53 53 53 53 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Read 47.5 Write 49.3 Mixed 40 SusWrite 52.4 35% 47.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-8GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-10666CL9-8GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 32GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.5 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	838x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	761x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	347x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	237x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	87x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	83x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	72x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	68x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $627

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16